Apparel-glove.



PATENTED DEG. 1o, 1907.

B. J. RIGKBR. APPAREL GLOVE. APPLIUATION FILED SEPT, 10, 1906.

srs maar oriana BENJAMIN JEWETT RIGKER, OF GRINNELL, IOWA.

APPARE L-GLOVE no. avsoe.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patentes nee. 1.o, iso?.

Applioatimi filed September 10. 1906. Serial No. 333.943.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be tit known that I, BENJAMIN JEWETT Brenna, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Grinnell, in the county of Poweshiek and State ofIowa, have invented a certain new and useful Apparel-Glove, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My object is to provide an apparel glove especially designed for use bypersons who desires to use the glove when wearing cuffs .and to incloseand protect the cuffs fromv dust and dirt and also to provide a glove'of this kind that will closely and tightly' lit the` wearers hand andwrist and have a`niaximum amount of elasticity and flexibility and yetbe made of relatively thick leather that will not readily wear out, andfurther to -provide a glove oi' this kind that will allow a considerabledegree of ventilation for the wearers hand without permitting theentrance of dust or dirt.

My invention consists in forming a glove with rows of perforationstherein so arranged that they will not only serve the purposeofVentilating the wearers hand, but will also serve to provide elasticityand flexibility at the points where the glove is bent or stretchedlwhen'm use and also in the arrangement of the rows of perforations sothat they will permit a certain degree of lateral expansion of the gloveso that it may closely and accurately fit hands of different sizes andfurther in the shape of thelgauntlet portion and in Y providing arelatively stiff and heavy gauntlet portion with a flexible li-shapedgore and also with an adjusting strap so arranged that l the heavygauntlet portions may be tightened bythe adjusting strap around thewearers wrist without affecting the still` heavy gauntlet portion andonly affecting the soft flexible goreportion, as hereinafter more fullTset forth, pointed out in4 my claiins and illus- V-trated in theaccompanying drawings, in

Figure i shows a rear elevation of the cornpleteglove provided with-myimprovements', and 2 snows a front view of same.

`Referring to the accompanying drawings,

have used the reference numeral i0- to indicatevthe palm portion of theglove', Il the underside of the finger portions, l2 the back of the handportion and 13 thc back of the finger portions. The thumb is indicatedby the numeral le,

heavy leather and at the back of' nach linger The hand portion ol' the.,glove, just referred to, i made of' relatively IIportion, I haveforrnedthree rows of' pen forations l5 and along both side edges of the backportion i2, l have exten l the rows of perforations to a point near thewrist and at the central portion tho back, l have extended the rows ofpert'orations on the two of perforations, the finger portions may beinade to fit the wearers fingers because of forations at the back oi thefingers and the wearers hand because of the flexibility perportion ofthe hand, l

Furthermore the wearer may readily and easily close his hand because ofthe rows of the joints of the fingers. This arrangement of' the rows ofperforations, whilev permitting thiol; heavy leather indicated by thereferfreely admit the wcarens sleeve and cuil. the center of the bachportion of the gaun is a V-shapc opening with its sn the rear ainlspacedapart con* tance from the rear end of t This opening is covered. or t yflexible goro so that the baci; o v y ga portion adjacent to the wristmay ir l pand or contract to a certain extent so ithrough the wristportion of the glove, the said wrist portion may be closely iit .id thewearers wrist. To providct'oi justment, l have fixed a small strap i8 toone side of' the wrist portion and a 'wid strap 19 to the other side andon the strap ,f isa slotted plateQG through which fr oiltlw strap lb ispassed, as shown in i `and by polling upon this strap, the wrist clinmiddle fingers over thelnuckle portions of the back. By this arrangementof the rows the flexibility permitted by the rows of perglove will alsotightly fit the palm of thev mitted by the rows at thesides oi' thebac/lr perorations over the knuckle portions and.

flexibility and elasticity 'of the glove in cer- The gauntlet which ispreferably inadc of ence numeral 16 and is so shaped that it will sothat after the wearers hand has passedlil portion of this.A glove isconstricted and the strap 18 will be held in any position of itsadjustment in which it vmay be placed. It may, however, be released andthe @love eX- panded at the wrist by simply pulling out upon the end ofthe strap 19. The particular form of this fastening device comprises nopart of my present invention.

In' practical use, the glove is placed upon the Wearers hand in theordinary Way and after itis adjusted to position, the strap 18 is pulledto cause the Wrist portiony of the glove to tightly it about the.Wearers Wrist. The shape o' the gauntlet permits the Wearers cuiland-sleeve to enter it and assume'its ordinary position with relation tothe Wearers hand. The rows of perforations, arranged as shown and forthe purposes herein set forth, permits the glove to securely fit theWearers hand and-fingers and to `freely, stretch at the required placeswhen the Wearers hand is opened or closed to thus rovide a4 tightfitting glove made of 'relative y heavy leather and vl'urther venti"lation may take place through the rows of perforations.

Having thus described my invention,what

I-claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent of the United States,therefor is- 1. A n apparel glove, coinprising` a hand portion, agauntlet portion ormed of relan erases tively stift' unyieldingmaterial, and designed te reca-ive a Wearers sleeve and culi', andformed With an opening extending from the forv: ard end portion of thegauntlet por- 3 tion to a point spaced apart from the rear end ol thegaunt et portion, a flexible gore covering said opening, and means foradjusting the parts or the gauntlet portion adjacent to said opening,whereby the end of 4 the gauntlet portion that is adjacent to the gloveportion may be adjusted without affecting the rear end of the gauntletportion.

2. .An apparel glove comprising a hand portion, a gauntlet portionconnected there- 4 with, and made of relatively stiff and'unyieldingmatcrialfand formed with a tapered opening at the back thereof, saidtapered opening having its wide end adjacent to i the hand portion, andhaving its small end spaced apart a considerable distance from the freeend of the gauntlet, a ileXible 'gore secured in said opening, and stras attached lon opposite sides of the opening or drawing together the endof the gauntlet adjacent to 5 the hand portion, Without affecting thebodyv of the gauntlet. Y

Des .ls/loines, Iowa, August 24, 1906.

BENJAMIN JEl/VETT KICKER- Witnesses:

H. O. SHAW, Y WM. .'lnssna.

